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  1. Re:Does it really matter? on Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End · · Score: 1
    Yep, no serial port on my ASUS board either. You have to plug a cable into the pins on the board itself. Only one IDE port too, but a large number of USB ports instead, up to 10 I think, if you plug in extra cables.


    Speaking of that, the board can boot from USB sticks, and can also flash its BIOS from USB memory. Floppy is dead, long live floppy!

  2. Re:Does it really matter? on Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End · · Score: 3, Informative

    what shit, pata it almost as fast as sata drives, and has fuck all limitations either beyond hot swap, which hardly any sata drives can do anyway The cables of PATA suck donkey's posterior: they're large, unwieldy, and are messy no matter how you round them or tuck them. Also, they use molex connectors which tend to be like teen pussy: so tight that once you get in you can't get out. Lastly, hot swap with SATA has always worked for me.


    PATA has nothing going for it.

  3. Re:Yeah, right. Something has changed. on Study Proves Having Fat Friends Makes You Fat · · Score: 1

    HFCS is not the problem. The problem is simple, too many calories in, too few calories out. You're oversimplifying. There's more to weight than just energy intake/output, since the energy intake is governed by other factors than conscious thinking. Depending on the foods you eat, and what they contain, you may feel more or less hungry during the day. Feel more hungry? You'll put more on the plate.

    The trick is not to adjust energy intake, but instead adjust the feeling of hunger. Energy intake will reliably follow, assuming you eat real food of course, not lardburgers.


    The question is, then: what effects do different sugars have?

  4. Re:Costs on Top Ten Discoveries of the Mars Rovers · · Score: 1

    In Germany you take everything back to the shop for re-use. When you buy a two liter bottle of Coke there you can see that it's a bit worn. Yes, in Finland too. Standard sizes/shapes for all soft drinks.
  5. Re:Costs on Top Ten Discoveries of the Mars Rovers · · Score: 1

    Plastic and glass bottles can be recycled, not by crushing, but by reusing the bottle itself. Metal cans can be recycled. Paper&cartons can be economically recycled for many uses (though not all). If you wish, organic materials (leaves & grass, etc.) can be composted and used as fertilizer. Other burnables can be "recycled" into heating energy. What's left?

  6. Re:Overnight Flights & sleeping on Qantas To Offer In-Flight Internet, Laptop Amenities · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Here is my personal experience back this past winter, I did a trip between LAX and AKL (LA, CA & Auckland NZ). It was an overnite flight which takes ~12 hours. Qantas exceeds what we have got used to on domestic flights. Even though it is airline food, you get fed dinner and breakfast. As an added bonus, you get free alcohol. This is all pretty much standard operating procedure on any international long-haul flight.
  7. Re:as a frequent traveller on Qantas To Offer In-Flight Internet, Laptop Amenities · · Score: 1

    Not allowed? Why is that?

  8. Re:Altitude? on Inside FAA's GPS-Based Air Traffic Control · · Score: 1

    I thought the ports would be protected from bug assaults.. In any case, larger planes have several of them, right?

  9. Re:Altitude? on Inside FAA's GPS-Based Air Traffic Control · · Score: 1

    Most planes have a dedicated instrument for just that purpose: the altimeter. IMHO GPS altitude is at best a backup.

  10. Re:Hardware revisions? on Nintendo Admits They May 'Lose Some Purists' · · Score: 2, Funny
    The rain was pounding the streets as Chief Inspector Harrison stepped inside the ring of police cars. The brutal carnage was immediately evident. Body parts were strewn around, and the carcass in the middle was barely recognizable. They had arrived too late.


    Harrison swallowed his gag reflex, as he hunched over the scene of tragedy. Kick marks were found all over the body, pieces of blackened skin jutted out like sharp knives, and the intestines had been ruthlessly crushed. Looking closer at one of the slim, rectangular kick marks, Harrison was now sure of the chain of events. There could be no doubt: they had thought they'd made a toy for children and adults alike, but they had created a monster.


    Harrison stood up. The PS3 at his feet would play no more. Who would be the next victim?

  11. Re:What's a purist? on Nintendo Admits They May 'Lose Some Purists' · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the blatantly ovbious: games are probably as old as music. Video games are just a recent extension. It's the new capabilities than are recent, not the ideas.

  12. Re:I'm telling my mother! on New Hack Exploits Common Programming Error · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does "damp security holes" sound better?

  13. Re:Minidisc? on The Complete History of Format Wars · · Score: 1

    Shame that ATRAC sounds so nasty though, a decent 192 Kbps MP3 easily sounds just as good. Only on bad/old hardware, as has been pointed out. Also, 48 kbps ATRAC3plus is obviously not geared for maximum quality, if that's what you were thinking. It's biggest problem was the locking-in which prevented it from flourishing like MP3/LAME.
  14. Re:Minidisc??? on The Complete History of Format Wars · · Score: 1

    The quality of Sony's ATRAC compression tech has vastly increased since the early 90s, every generation was better than the last. Recent MD-recorders are essentially transparent on short play, and pretty decent on LP speeds.

  15. Re:White on Black on Psychology, Design and Economics of Slot-Machines · · Score: 1

    you know some people actually PREFER not to stare into a lightbulb. Only those who forgot to turn on the lights in the room, as is widely recommended.
  16. Re:Variable Ratio Conditioning on Psychology, Design and Economics of Slot-Machines · · Score: 1

    And I push the space bar to read slashdot. How does this increase my reproductive ability again?

  17. Re:UW University students' counterpoint on Richard Stallman Talks On Copyright Vs. the People · · Score: 1

    Hah, I see the joke now.. but I wasn't actually joking. I meant that I haven't paid for my education all the way through university. Instead of me bearing the debt, society as a whole takes the "debt". Which is actually an investment, not a debt. Thus is the solution to the student's problem.

  18. Re:Absolutely right on W3C Considering An HTML 5 · · Score: 1

    Hm, you're right. I was thinking in terms of the strict error handling of XHTML + HTML syntax, or something like that. Defining failure modes is a lot better for the hairy wide web.

  19. Re:Absolutely right on W3C Considering An HTML 5 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes there is, the browsers would be checking to ensure it's valid. If no browser accepts it, the developer will have to fix it or get fired.

  20. Re:Absolutely right on W3C Considering An HTML 5 · · Score: 3, Funny
    You jest, but it is actually that simple. HTML 5.0 = HTML 4 with some new sugar + XHTML parser strictness.


    The result is that browsers will show you the finger if you don't code to the standard.

  21. Re:UW University students' counterpoint on Richard Stallman Talks On Copyright Vs. the People · · Score: 3, Funny

    The solution to the student's problem is not to pay for his education. That is, have free education for everyone.

  22. Re:Checkers, Not Draughts on Checkers Solved, Unbeatable Database Created · · Score: 1

    I'd say poker is more a game of psychology than a game of cards. It doesn't fit in with the others.

  23. Re:Wow. on Checkers Solved, Unbeatable Database Created · · Score: 1

    Are you sure? I'd think one player must have an advantage, since one goes first and the other second.

  24. Re:wonky definition of pseudo-random on True Random Number Generator Goes Online · · Score: 1

    I've rolled dice to generate small random numbers. See Diceware.

  25. Re:Wow! on True Random Number Generator Goes Online · · Score: 1

    I can handle 1337, but 1337 + |V|47h is just too much.